12 Nov 2024
Cast your vote now for the RACGP AGM
Members can vote on key matters and engage with the Board at the upcoming meeting, with GP voices helping to shape the college’s future.
11 Nov 2024
Education series bolstering GPs’ child wellbeing knowledge
GPs are encouraged to attend the RACGP Child Wellbeing in Focus webinar series, aimed at arming them with the tools to foster holistic child health.
11 Nov 2024
Social media fuelling rising anabolic steroid use: Study
Young men were found to be most at risk of dangerously using the substance, leading one expert to guide GPs through tricky conversations.
11 Nov 2024
Works underway on Northern Integrated Care Service building
The redevelopment of the Northern Integrated Care Service (NICS) building has commenced as part of the Launceston General Hospital (LGH) Precinct Masterplan.
11 Nov 2024
New clinic at Fairfield expands urgent medical care access to local patients
Thousands of patients across South Western Sydney have been able to access the new level of healthcare urgent care sites across our region have been offering since December last year.
11 Nov 2024
Asthma Australia welcomes free RSV vaccination during pregnancy
The federal government this week announced the National Immunisation Program (NIP) listing of Pfizer’s Abrysvo vaccination for pregnant people to help protect their infants from lower respiratory tract illness caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
10 Nov 2024
National Immunisation Program update - RSV vaccine
In 2025, eligible pregnant women will be able to receive the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for free under the National Immunisation Program (NIP).
08 Nov 2024
GP banned for inappropriate relationship with vulnerable patient
A Victorian doctor has been reprimanded and had his registration cancelled for at least six years after having an inappropriate relationship with a vulnerable patient and threatening the patient to stop them from making a complaint about his conduct.
08 Nov 2024
COVID-19 update 8 November 2024
COVID cases in SA There have been 248 new cases of COVID-19 reported in South Australia in the past week.
08 Nov 2024
Whooping cough epidemic reaches record numbers
GPs are urged to ensure patients have had their vaccines and boosters, as ‘staggeringly high’ case numbers soar to a record-breaking 41,772 so far this year.